Sustainable Urbanisation: Experience from Kitakyushu
Seiko KUBO International Environmental Strategies Division Environment Bureau City of Kitakyushu, Japan 11 Location and Characteristics
China Korea Population: 1 million Kitakyushu Tokyo Area: 488 km2
Shanghai Designated City (as same status as Prefecture Government )
1,000km
Once a polluted industrial zone, Thailand Kitakyushu is now a modern industrial Viet Nam Philippines city pursuing green growth. Malaysia : from Green Growth in Kitakyushu, Japan, 4,000km OECD Green Growth Studies, 2013, OECD Singapore
Indonesia
Industries, International Trade, Biodiversity, and Urban Development 2 From “Grey City” to “Green City” Overcoming Severe Environmental Pollution
Severe Air Pollution Residents In 1950s & 1960s Present enjoying blue sky
Swimming at Dokai Bay
“Dokai Bay, Sea of Death” Recovered Blue Skies and Sea, people enjoying the clean environment 3 Driving Force of Sustainable Urbanisation: Partnerships among Local Multi-stakeholders Residents
Residents’ observation of Learning how to measure air pollution from a university professor a private company Partnership
Environmental control & Cleaner Productions & environmental infrastructure pollution control equipment Local Government Private Enterprises Local Initiative & Partnership Environmental Technology & Environmental Investment Education & Participation of Residents Environmental Governance Reference: UNESCAP “Kitakyushu Initiative for a Clean Environment 4 Potentials and Resources for Sustainable Urbanisation 1: Citizen Participation and Partnerships Achievement of Least Solid Waste Generation among OECD Cities Domestic Waste Generation (g/day/capita)
800 家庭ごみの排出量の変化 750 748 700703 701 698 706 705 706 704 696 650 600 609 550 536 522 506 500
ごみ量（g／人／日） 450 400 Other Can & 350 Domestic Waste Glass Bottle 300 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Reduction of Domestic Waste Generation
Recycling Ratio(%) 35.0
30.0 30.0 30.6 30.4
25.0 23.1
20.0 18.9 15.8 15.8 15.0 14.6 15.2 15.0 12.1 12.3 13.1 10.0 Waste Plastic Waste 5.0 PET Bottle Plastic Packaging 0.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Separation System of Domestic Waste Year Recycling Ratio of Domestic Waste from Households for Resource-circulating started in 2006
Successful waste management : Japan has one of the lowest rates for municipal waste production among OECD countries, 1.03kg per person per day (2008), and Kitakyushu produces less than half that amount, 506g per person per day (2009). (Reference: OECD Green Growth Studies, Green Growth in Kitakyushu, Japan, 2013) 5 Potentials and Resources for Sustainable Urbanisation 2: Private Companies' Capabilities and Powers Green Products produced from High Efficient Process
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metals YASKAWA Electric Corporation TOTO, Ltd. Efficient electromagnetic plate and sheet which Inverter to contribute Water-saving automatic faucet with contributes to energy saving energy saving in production process a self-power generation
World’s Most Energy-Efficient High energy efficiency is a key asset for Kitakyushu’s heavy industry. Japan’s steel manufacturing ranks as the world’s most energy-efficient steel industry. Moving the iron and steel manufacturing products from
Kitakyushu or Japan to another country would be likely to create more CO2 emissions for same output. Kitakyushu’s iron and steel industry offers a range of products with advanced energy performance Reference: OECD Green Cities Programme Kitakyushu Report Shabondama Soap CO. & Kitakyushu City Fire and Disaster Management Bureau Development of Small Amount Typed Fire Extinguishing Compositions with Less Environmental Load and New Fire Fighting Strategy 6 Potentials and Resources for Sustainable Urbanisation 3: Facilitating Resource Circulation and Eco-Industries Kitakyushu Eco Town
Practical Research Area Comprehensive Eco-Industrial Complex, Practical Research Facilities : 16 Hibiki Recycling Area Practical Research Projects：56 Industrial Plants: 29 Outcome of Projects
Environment: Reduction of environmental impact／0.38 million ton CO2, Resource and energy conservation Economy: Investment: 66 billion yen Private sector: 71.7%, national government: 18.2%, local government:10.1% Employees: 1,340 people Visitors: 1million people (as of October 2011) Source: Environment Bureau, City of Kitakyushu 7 Potentials and Resources for Sustainable Urbanisation 4: Infrastructure Kitakyushu Smart Community
Hydrogen (by-product)副生水素 Power grid
Natural Gas Large Scale Battery Co-Generation System IT grid Wind Power：15,000 kw (Theoritical) Hydrogen Smartスマート Community Network Center コミュニティ Fuel cells Rent-a-cycle Station Smart Building センター Outcome as of Oct. 2013： ・World’s first FS project on Dynamic Pricing Smart School ・Peak cut:20％ Hydrogen Supply Station ・CO2 reduction
Target: Term: 2010 to 2014 Domestic ＆Overseas Investment: $ 190 million Smart Data CO Reduction: 50% Expansions 2 Photovoltaic Center Renewable Energy: 10% Smart Houses Smart Generation Meter Realization of optimized energy use per region, through coordination between new and mainstay energy sources and introduction of a control system for both energy supply and demand. 8 Expansion of Sustainable Urbanisation: International Environmental Cooperation for Sustainable Development Cumulative Total 8,000
7,000 KITA’s International Trainees from Developing Countries: 6,000 146 countries, 7,059 people 5,000 LAC: 30 countries, 1,359 people (as of 31 March 2013) 4,000
3,000
2,000 City-to-City International 1,000 Environmental Cooperation 0 Network in Asia Year Number of Participants from Overseas to Kitakyushu
2000 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 in 1994 Present 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Air Pollution Improvement Reduction of Solid Waste Water Supply Improvement in Dalian, China in Surabaya, Indonesia in Phnom Penh, Cambodia International Environmental Cooperation Projectrs 9 Expansion of Sustainable Urbanisation: International Environmental Cooperation for Sustainable Development
Mr. Xi Jinping, Vice President of the People‘s Republic of China, visited Kitakyushu on 16 December 2009.
People’s Daily on 17 December 2009: The City of Kitakyushu has rich experiences on environmental conservation and advanced technologies, and Kitakyushu would be worth the model for Chinese cities.
10 Thank you for your attention.
International Environmental Strategies Division Environment Bureau City of Kitakyushu
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